THE KESEN-CARPENTERS AND THEIR GENEALOGIES ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHRINES AND TEMPLES : Through the investigations on both the munafuda and the documentary records of the Edo and the Meiji periods

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to inspect the Kesen-carpenters and their genealogies on the construction of shrines and temples through the investigations on both the Munafuda and the documentary records of the Edo and the Meiji periods. The contents of this paper are as follows. Introduction. 1. Examples on both the Kesen-carpenters and their construction of shrines and temples. 2. Forms of the Kesen-carpenter's works. 3. Genealogies of the Kesen-carpenter's techniques. Conclusion.